Advanced Image Compressor with Batch Processing

This script provides advanced image compression and resizing features using Python and Pillow.

• Batch processing of multiple images or directories
• Lossy and lossless compression (PNG/WebP)
• Optional JPEG conversion
• Resize by ratio or explicit dimensions
• Preserve or strip metadata (EXIF)
• Custom output directory
• Progress bar using tqdm
• Detailed logging

• Python 3.6+
• Pillow
• tqdm

Install dependencies:

pip install pillow tqdm

python compress_image.py [options] <input> [<input> ...]

• -o, --output-dir: Output directory (default: same as input)
• -q, --quality: Compression quality (0-100, default: 85)
• -r, --resize-ratio: Resize ratio (0-1, default: 1.0)
• -w, --width: Output width (requires --height)
• -hh, --height: Output height (requires --width)
• -j, --to-jpg: Convert output to JPEG
• -m, --no-metadata: Strip metadata (default: preserve)
• -l, --lossless: Use lossless compression (PNG/WEBP)

python compress_image.py image.jpg -r 0.5 -q 80 -j
python compress_image.py images/ -o output/ -m
python compress_image.py image.png -l

MIT License.